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Actual title: The Wisconsin Education Association Council (the largest labor union in Wisconsin) has been caught HIDING survey data that proves Gov. Walker’s leadership and reforms are working. . My Friend,   I received this email from one of the activists in our office and had to share it with you immediately.  The Wisconsin Education Association Council (the largest labor union in Wisconsin) has been caught HIDING survey data that proves Gov. Walker’s leadership and reforms are working.   If we don’t do something to help Gov. Scott Walker in Wisconsin right now, these labor unions are going to steal...

  Happy New Year!We were so busy in 2011 that it seems like a blur that flew by.  At a time when the mainstream media keeps pushing the notion that the Tea Party is losing its influence, I think that it is important to look back on all that you and I accomplished in 2011.  We can be very proud of all that we have done and use it as motivation to fight for Tea Party values in 2012.  Here are some of the highlights of 2011:Organized the first Tea Party response, by Michele Bachmann, to the State of...

Is Sarah Palin Really Out of the Race?   Dear Tea Party Supporter, The liberals are still chortling because they think they have gotten rid of Sarah Palin by her decision not to run for President in 2012. But I have news for them when it comes to Sarah Palin: “You ain’t seen nothin’ yet.” . Governor Palin has said from the very beginning that she is going to use her voice to advance the conservative cause in America, and I know she means it. When she was picked to be the Republican nominee for Vice-President, there was not a more exciting day...

<p>As Republicans mark the 100th anniversary of Ronald Reagan's birth Sunday, a nostalgic GOP confronts a nagging question: Can the party of the former president and California governor hope to produce future leaders who can meet his iconic political gold standard?</p>

Breaking: Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski wins re-election to Senate as write-in candidate

This was my inbox: Fellow conservatives, First off, we are a group of conservative and Tea Party activists who are against the Tea Party Express. We support their political views, which most all conservative groups share, but do not agree with their unsavory fundraising, organizational, and political tactics. With that said, if you are a supporter of the Tea Party Express, we would like you to seriously reconsider any financial and moral support of their organization. The time to hold them accountable is now. Contact the Tea Party Express and ask them for a refund of your contribution. Simply provide...

Tea Party strategist predicts 'tremendous gains' for candidates By Jordy Yager - 09/26/10 12:25 PM ET The head of one of the most powerful U.S. Tea Party movements said on Sunday that candidates under the burgeoning party’s umbrella are going to make “tremendous gains” this November because they have “turned the political system on its head.” Longtime political consultant Sal Russo, a leading strategist within the Tea Party movement and the head of the Tea Party Express, told Bob Schieffer on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that his organizing group is so strong -- raising more than $5 million so far...

Tea Party Leader: 'GOP Sounding More Like Us' Wednesday, 25 Aug 2010 02:29 PM Tea Party Express leader Sal Russo tells Newsmax that Sen. Lisa Murkowski had "lost her bearings" in Washington and says the grass-roots conservative movement is now having a sweeping influence on the primary races around the country. "The victories we are seeing today [show] that candidates from both parties are trying to sound like 'tea-party candidates,' which means the issues we feel our vital for a safe and prosperous Americans are now being placed center stage," Russo tells Newsmax. The Tea Party Express endorsement of political...

SNIPPET: "The Tea Party Express's endorsement of Rep. Walt Minnick (D-Idaho) has had little real political impact so far. After the endorsement, TPE's Sal Russo couldn't tell when we might see, say, a TV ad or mailer for Minnick -- although Mark Williams claimed that the group had planned to run ads supportive of Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) until he decided to support the final version of health-care reform. So what impact have we seen? A vast and efficient cheesing-off of tea party groups in Idaho."

WASHINGTON - The most influential national tea party group, backed by a $3 million campaign war chest, surprised Idahoans by endorsing freshman Rep. Walt Minnick's re-election bid. Not all local tea partyers were pleased. Minnick is the only Democrat in the nation to land an endorsement from the Tea Party Express, the most prominent national organization in the burgeoning political movement. -- SNIP -- "We don't know where the national tea party came up with the endorsement of Walt Minnick," said Russ Smerz of Tea Party Boise. "It's a little concerning to us that Tea Party Express would endorse someone...

SNIPPET: "The leadership of the Tea Party Express PAC came to the National Press Club on Thursday to herald its early successes and to unveil its expanded list of 2010 electoral targets." SNIPPET: "In an effort to show that the Tea Party Express PAC is not a “tool” of the Republican Party, but instead is an independent political force, Russo announced that the PAC is getting behind one conservative Democrat who has opposed President Obama’s agenda: Rep. Walt Minnick (ID-01). The decision to get behind Minnick is attention-grabbing because Republicans have fielded a strong candidate in that race: Iraq war...

What the Tea Party Movement Means for Conservatives by  Sal Russo 12/01/2009 As I have travelled across the country on the Tea Party Express buses, I have been struck by the similarity to the early days of Ronald Reagan.  The explosion of interest by every-day Americans in taking their country back, as well as the biased mainstream media trying to portray conservatives as crackpots, is all hauntingly familiar.    Will the tea party movement be the beginning of another Reagan Revolution, as I think it will, or will the left-wing media be right that we are nothing but a collection...

Sacramento Bee tries to take a shot at pro-troop group, Move America Forward. You can send an email to the reporter, Todd Milbourn, at: tmilbourn@sacbee.comIraq war backers proudly pugnaciousBut critics say Move America Forward may abuse nonprofit status. When Cindy Sheehan's anti-war protests last year drew widespread news coverage, a Sacramento nonprofit jumped to defend President Bush with a series of "counterprotests" against the Berkeley mother. When Democratic House leader Nancy Pelosi called Bush an "incompetent leader" in 2004, the group responded with an "action alert" calling Pelosi a "domestic enemy." And as a liberal U.S. senator pushed to censure...

This ad was produced by www.MoveAmericaForward.org MAF is currently working overtime to raise enough money to make a major impact on the television airwaves next week - with the broadcast of this ad. Target date for the ad to begin running (if enough money is raised by then) is Wednesday, July 21st.

Is talk radio really just an entertainment medium, or do listeners expect bona fide activism from air personalities? In the past, I'd always believed it was about appealing to a segment of the radio audience and primarily reflecting that group's political viewpoints. It's now clear, however, that faced with an increasing number of new media choices, talk radio listeners want quite a lot more. Simply being entertaining, timely and compelling isn't enough: led by the blogosphere, there's a sense that if the Internet can hold Dan Rather accountable, why can't talk radio? Blogs have raised the bar and hosts are...

NOTE: This is from a weekly liberal newspaper in Sacramento - the "Sacramento News & Review." It's a tabloid that is like the San Francisco Bay Guardian or other similar left-wing street rag. However, despite the ideological bias of the publication (its editors are very anti-war) the article is actually reasonably fair. Support the war! The war on terror has been good for Move America Forward. It’s brought the conservative activist group notoriety, cash and ratings. CLICK HERE to READ THE ARTICLE, THEN POST YOUR THOUGHTS In the dimly lit downtown offices of consulting firm Russo Marsh + Rogers, the...

<p>SACRAMENTO (AP) - Even as Gov. Gray Davis was being accused of mingling his hunger for fund-raising with state business, he was collecting campaign contributions at a clip of more than $2 million a month from a variety of donors, according to documents filed Tuesday.</p>